Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives
Congress (APC), says as a market woman’s son, he understands the hardship
caused by the naira swap policy.
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) had fixed February 10 as
the deadline for the use of old bank notes — and insisted on it despite a court
order restraining the bank from enforcing the deadline.
On Thursday, President Muhammadu Buhari ordered the apex
bank to recirculate old N200 notes which would be valid till April 20.
In a statement on Friday, Abdulaziz Abdulaziz, a media aide
in the APC campaign council, quoted Tinubu as saying that he knew the policy
would have a “devastating impact on the informal economy because of his
knowledge of trading in Nigerian markets”.
Speaking at a meeting with market leaders from around the
country in Abuja, Tinubu said he was fed and trained by his mother with money
from trading, adding that he could identify with the pains and gains of
traders.
The APC presidential candidate said the traders should
remain resolute and not allow difficulties arising from the naira swap exercise
to overwhelm them.
He said if elected into office, his government would provide
low interest loans for traders and address their concerns in other areas of
their businesses.
“This man is from the
market and is from the city,” the former governor of Lagos added.
Muhammad Badaru, governor of Jigawa; Abubakar Bello, Niger
governor, and James Faleke, secretary of the party’s campaign council, were
present at the meeting.
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How much is the cost of fuel in 2015 and now? Its now you want to contest you know the hardship
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Meaning what? Ignorant, ethnic & religion bigot. E go shock u
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